Stuffed mattress



Feb. 10, 1931. L. JOSEPH STUFFED MATTRESS Filed March 8, 1929 1 from the covers.

' w Patented Feb. 1:0, l 93 1 j UNITEDSTATES Tammi LOUIS JOSEPH, OF ASHFIELD, NEW 'SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA STUFFED MATTRESS Application filed March a, 1929, Serial No.

The invention relates to stuffed bed mattresses and particularly to such mattresses having internal partitions which form compar tments within the mattress. 5 In mattress-es it is usual toemploy tufts? or ties to produce an undulating surface on the mattress covers and to locate the material with which the mattress is filled, but such ties are liable to break or to become detached. Further 1t 1s known to d1s-1 pense with ties and obtain the said undulating surface by theemployment of scalloped internal partitions but these are difficult to attach accurately to the covers on account of their uneven edges. i

It has been proposed-to provide detachable portion in one of the covers of the mattress, constructed of semi-rigid material such as celluloid or the likel, which when :removed allows the mattress filling material to be extracted or replaced through the resultlng aperture, but such provislon is found and inapplicable to compartment mattresses. With the above mentioned ob ects 1n view the lnvention consists in a mattress having top. and bottom covers said partitions not contacting :at their ends with the mattress walls and being provided with means for releasahly and quickly gathering each of them laterally at spaced points along its: length such gathering having the efect of drawing the top and bottom mattress covers nto closer proximity at such points, forming an undulating or billowing surface thereon.

to be inconvenient and uncomfortable in use,

internal parallel-sided partitions secured to The above mentioned means, to gather theQl partitions preferably consist in two laterally 345,389, and in Austra1ia Augusti29, 192s.

spaced horizontal rows of eyelets in the latter so arranged that the eyelets in. one row vl1e directly above the eyelets in: theother row when the partitio-n'is in place Within the mattress, and a. length of tape inserted through each of two opposite eyelets todraw the'wlatter together; gathering the partition between such pair of eyelets and drawing the covers vinto closer-proximity 'at such points, but

other releasable gatheringimeans for the same purpose, such as snap fasteners or the like, are within the-scope 'ofthe invention.

An alternative construct on conslsts of.

pairs ofvertically, spaced tabs securedtothe partition an d and tied. v r r In orderito more fully describe and ascertain theinvention reference will. now be had to the accompanying drawings'which depict a preferred form thereof and in which Fig, l is a perspective viewof the mattress adapted to be drawn together showing a divided endandthe internal pa-rtitions (dottedl in place,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view (in, part section) showingin detail the divided wall in'secured position and a partition gathereda t several points;

' Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation" (in part section) showing the divided wall and a partition before gatheringand. v 7

Figge isa side elevation (in'part'section) showing the details of'the divided wall and the partition.

Similar reference characters" designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings the mattress includes a top coverfl5 and bottom cover. 6' joined byside walls? and end walls 8 and conta-ining filling material 9. A series of-par titions 10 are arranged within mattress parallelto the side walls and spaced from the said walls and from each other, three such partitions being shown in Fig'l. The partitions" are formed of suitable flexible-material,"doubled forJ'stren-gtlnand 'areturned and sewn along 'eachedge tothe top and bottom.

'covers res'pectively of the mattress, but are 8, thus 1 forming; longitudinal compartments tgcont'inued to contact};with the end walls i f within the mattress which are in communication at their ends in order to allow aslight,

transference or creep of the filling material from one compartment to the other, thereby preventing the filling from becoming undulycompressed and rigid at points of to be gathered as at 1 1 and the mattress covers to be drawn more closely together adjacent each pair of eyelets. r

The degree of undulation of the covers obtainable depends upon the distance which the integers of each pair of eyelet holes are What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat'ent:

1. A stufi'ed mattress including a plurality ofspaced internal partitions each comprising a single strip of material secured along its edges respectively to the mattress covers, and means for constricting. each partition at intervalsfor the purpose of producing an undulating effect on the mattress covers.

2. A stulled mattress according to claim 1, in which-the means for constricting each partition comprise two juxtaposed rows of eyelet-holes arranged longitudinally of the partition and laces passing respectively through each eyelet hole of one row and an adjacent. eyelet hole of the other row.

Signed at Sydney this twenty-second day of January, A. D. 1929.

LOUIS JOSEPH.

spaced apart, the greater the spacing, the greater the undulating efi'ect and-vice-versa,

:as such spacing determines the extent by whichthe efiective depth of the partition may be reduced in the vicinityof the pairs I of eyelet holes.

In order to facilitate the removal and replacement, or the renewal, of the filling material 9, one end wall of the mattress, des-. ignated generally-for the sake of clarity in Fig. 1 by'the numeral 8, 'is longitudinally divided into an upper section 15 and a lower section 16 (Figs. 2, 3-and l) which normally overlap and which are provided with a series of registering eyelets 17 through which a lace 18 is threaded to releasably bond the two sec-j tions. the-extremeends of which are sewn to the side walls 7 of the mattressto prevent leakage of the filling at these places. -When it is desired to remove the filling material 9 the lace 18 is removed, the two sections of the wall are separated and the filling is withdrawn through the resultant opening.

When the filling is replaced thelacing 18 is i re-threaded through the eyelets 17, drawn tight and secured; such threading is preferably commenced at either end of wall and terminates in the centre,where the ends of the lace are tied, as shown in Fig. 1,

In order to prevent the possible escape of the filling material through the junction of the two sections of the divided wall a flap 19 is secured to theinner surface of the top section 15, by sewing as at 20, abovethe said junction and depends overthe free edge :of the lower-section 16 throughout the length thereof, the lower edge of the-flap being releasably' secured to inner surface of the latter section by Snap fasteners 2l of typ mr other suitable means. 7

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